Convertible furniture



Apr. 17, 1923.

L. E. HOLMES CONVERTIBLE FURNITURE Filed Sent. 16, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 f [IVVENTOR i L.E.Mc i-mes,

WITNESSES A TTORNEXS L. E. HOLMES CONVERTIBLE FURNITURE Apr. 17, 1923.

Filed Sept. 16

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stars LORA ELLATIOLlVfES, OF MOULTRIE, GEORGIA.

CONVERTIBLE FURNITURE.

Application filedSeptember 16, 1922. Serial No. 588,699.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORA E. Homilies, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Moultrie, in the county of Colquitt and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Furniture, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to convertible furniture and more particularly to a kitchen cabinet.

In light-housekeeping it is necessary to economize space as much as possible, and this is especially true of a room serving as a kitchen. With this in mind, it is the objectof the present invention to provide a cabinet, which may serve for the storage of unprepared food and cooking utensils, and which may be quickly converted into a table when so desired.

It is further an object of the present invention that the cabinet be artistic in appearance and durable;

Other objects will hereinafter appear.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet and illustrating the manner in which different objects may be stored therein.

Figure 2 is a verticaltransverse sectional view of the same and taken when the leaves are extended to form a table.

Figure 3 is a view in side elevation of the cabinet when the table leaves are lowered.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the cabinet with the table leaves extended and with one of a pair of drawers in the upper part of the cabinet partly open.

Referring to the drawings more particularly the cabinet may consist in. a box-like structure comprising the three horizontally disposed frames 10, 11 and 12 which support and secure together two end walls 13, the division wall 14, the rear wall 15 and the bottom 16. The bottom frame member 10 may be provided with suitable casters 1'? by which the cabinet may be movably supported. The division wall 14 extends vertically of the cabinet and at a point substantially central of its length.

The cabinet is substantially rectangular in shape and the division wall 1% forms the two compartments A, one of which is divided by a horizontal shelf-board 18. The other compartment A is divided by a hori Zontal partition 1S into a lower compartment open at the front and an upper com these doors the front wall may be completed a by a panel 19 extending the entire length of the cabinet. The doors D may be hinged to the ends of the cabinet as at 20 and may be provided with suitable catch means as at 21 whereby they may be held closed.

The frame 11 may support therein a horizontally disposed board 22 thus to provide the upper portion of the cabinet with a separate compartment. This compartment has positioned therein the two drawers 24k and 25. The outer end wall 23 of each drawer may serve as the upper end portion of the associated cabinet end wall. The interior drawer 25 is preferably divided by a partition 24.

The inner face of each longitudinal member forming the frame F may be provided with a groove 26, and these grooves adapted for receiving a slide board 27. The board 27 may slide the entire length of the cabinet and extended from either end thereof. At each end of the cabinet there is hinged a lid L and L respectively. Each lid is adapted to be swung inwardly and upon the cabinet whereby to form a top therefor as best illustrated in Figure l of the drawings. A pair of bracket arms 27 may be hingedly supported at each end of the cabinet, one

adjacent each side thereof as at 28 whereby to serve for supporting the lids when the latter are in extended positions. The slide board 27 may be slid within the cabinet and permit the lids- L and L to be closed.

For each side of the cabinet there is provided a leaf F. Each leaf is hinged as at 29 so that it may be dropped to the position shown in Figure 1. One or more hinged brackets 30 may be employed for supporting each leaf in its raised position as shown in Figure 2.

One or both of the doors D may have a pan rack R secured thereto and this may be of any desirable construction, preferably consisting in the two boards 32, which is secured to the inner face of the door and extended at right angles therefrom and which are connected to strips 33.

In the use .of the present cabinet, with tie lids L and L serving as a top for the cabinet, the drawers 2% closed, the slide board 27 positioned within the cabinet and the leaves F lowered or raised, the same is of a good appearance and may be positioned in any part of the room without requiring a great deal of space therefor. The interior of the cabinet may be lined with aluminum or sheet metal if so desired. The drawers 24 may serve for the storage of various comestibles or culinary articles, as desired and the drawers may be extended to permit access to the interior thereof when the lids are lowered. The compartments A, and the drawer 18 may serve for the storage of cooking utensilsor the like, and the rack It may serve for retaining pans. The manner of storing these different objects in the cabinet is illustrated to an advantage in Figure l of the drawings.

The board 27' may be extended from the cabinet, as shown in Figure 1, and utilized in any manner desired. The lid sections may be extended and supported in a horizontal position by the bracket arms 27 and maybe used to support articles for various purposes.

i-tssuniing that the lids L and L are lowered and it is desired to convert the cabinet into a table, the leaves F are lifted and braced by brackets 30, as illustrated in Figures 2 and 4 of the drawings. The cabinet may now serve as a table about which several persons may be conveniently seated. The entire interior of the cabinet may be lined with a suitable metal and made to serve for storing cooked food if so desired.

It should be here stated that the bracket members 27 are so positioned that'the board 27' may freely slide therebetween and also the drawers 24 and 25. As seen in Figure 4, the lids L and L are of greater width than the drawers 24 and 25 or the slide board 27 and therefore ample room is provided at the ends of the cabinet to secure the brackets 27 so that the same will not interfere With the operation of these elements.

I claim 1. A cabinetincluding a structure adapted to form a compartment at its upper end hav ing two opposing ends open and also the top open, a pair of'drawers slidable within said compartment, one being positioned in each end thereof, a pair of lids carried by the cabinet, one beinghinged to each end and adapted to be folded inwardly for forming a closure for the upperend of said compartment, a

and a board slidable longitudinally between the walls forming the compartment, said board being adapted to be extended when the lids are in their closed position and also adapted to serve as a top closure for a portion of the'compartment when said lids are in their open position.

2. A cabinet including a structure adapted to form compartment at its upper end having two opposing ends openand also'the top open, a pair of drawers slidable within said compartment, one being slidable within each end thereof, a lid hinged to each end of the cabinet and adapted to be foldedinwardly for forming a-top closure for said compartment, and a board slidable within longitudinal guideways formed in the opposingwalls of said compartment and 0 erating beneath the hinged point of said ids and adapted to be extended from 'the one end of said cabinet and also adaptedto be pushed within the cabinet to form a partial top closure for thecompartment therebeneath.

MRS. LORA ELLA HOLMES. 

